1971 Chevy Nova Project Car Shootout - Project Car Grudge Match

Body: Butt Cookie Brown, all-steel body except fiberglass Poston Stage 2 Buick hoodscoop, trunk-mounted battery box

Interior: Rear seat, heater, headliner and door panels removed; front bench seat replaced by single A100 Dodge van bucket seat, three-point seatbelt

Wheels: 15x4.5 Cragar S/S with Coker 6.40-15 BFGoodrich bias-plies, front; Chrysler 15x7 stamped-steel rear wheels with M&H 27x10-15 slicks, rear

Favorite racers: The Ramchargers' Jim Thornton, Ronnie Sox, Jungle Jim LibermanFree time: Build cars, race cars, feed catsNicknames: Magneto, Glypton X-10-BThanks: Pick-A-PartSponsors: Budweiser, Chuck-E-Cheese

Car CraftCar: '86 Ford MustangHired Hand: Marko RadielovicOwner: Matt King

Engine: 302 ci, production block, 10.0:1 compression, AFR 165cc heads, Victor Jr. intake manifold, Holley 750 DP, 131/44-inch BBK headers, MSD Digital 6 ignition

Cam: Comp Cams hydraulic roller with 232/244 degrees duration at 0.050-inch lift, 0.565/0.580-inch lift, 114-degree lobe separation angle

Drivetrain: Liberty's Pro Shifted Ford Top Loader four-speed, Ford 8.8-inch rearend, 4.11:1 gears, 33-spline axles

Chassis: Six-point rollbar with custom Fast Track Performance subframe connectors and Metro upper/lower control arms

Body: Cervinis 4-inch fiberglass cowl hood

Interior: Factory bucket seats, Crow Enterprizes five-point harnesses

Wheels: 15x3.5 Weld Wheels Drag Lites with Mickey Thompson front runners, front; 15x10 Weld Wheels Drag Lites with 28x10.5-15 Mickey Thompson ET Drags, rear

Favorite racers: Ronnie Sox and Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins

Free time: "Free time? Wrench, write, wrench, write, wrench...notice a pattern?"

Nicknames: FNG

Thanks: The world

Sponsors: King Matt

The RecordsLow e.t.King Matt, 11.77

High mphScott Crouse, 113.99

Best 60-footScott Crouse, 1.64

Quickest reaction timeSteve Magnante, 0.521

Car Craft SuperNovaCar: '71 Chevy NovaOwner: Matt King

Engine: 383 ci stroker with factory four-bolt-main block, Scat cast-steel crank, stock GM 5.7-inch forged rods, Air Flow Research 195cc heads angle-milled to 58cc chambers, 11.25:1 compression, Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake, Holley 750-cfm HP series carb, Hooker Super Comp 171/48-inch-primary headers, MSD ready-to-run billet

Cam: Comp Cams Magnum solid flat-tappet with 248/248 degrees duration at 0.050-inch lift, 0.525/0/525-inch lift with 1.5:1 rockers, 110-degree lobe separation angle

Drivetrain: GM TH350 with B&M Holeshot 3000 converter, Strange Dana 60 rearend with Strange 35-spline S/S axles, 4.10:1 gears, and Detroit Locker

Chassis: Stock monoleaf springs with Competition Engineering traction bars and Rancho RS9000X rear shocks

Body: Stock with rusty bumpers

Interior: Stock bench front seat, lap-style safety belts

Wheels: 15x4 Wheel Vintiques Rally with 165R15 Futura Euro Metrics, front; 15x7 GM steel wheels with 28x9.0-15 Mickey Thompson ET Drags, rear

Favorite racers: Don Garlits, Richard Petty

Free time: None

Nicknames: The King, Little Daddy

Thanks: To my wife Erin for letting me destroy the driveway building the SuperNova

Sponsors: Car Craft magazine